thxfrthmmrs

Follow him on Instagram. You could tell he's a sports freak (though not many posts on baseball) and that's probably where his enthusiasm and competitiveness come from. And he's also tight with Melky, probably dating back to their days in Toronto. Coming in new already good friends with someone on the team probably helped him mesh in with rest of the team pretty quickly.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 30, 2016 -> 04:59 PM) So did Ryan Pace just use PFF's draft board? Every pick after Floyd was seen by them as a steal, Braverman was #62 on their board and they got him at #230. Pace is definitely an advanced stats guy. Every one of the picks grades out well in a PFF's stat except for Hall.

Great win tonight and with Sale going tomorrow, everything looks to be going up. But then mother nature has to rain on everyone's party, like literally... With 100% chance of precipitation tomorrow, Sox might as well fly back in town tonight and prepare for the game vs. Red Sox on Tuesday.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 30, 2016 -> 01:05 AM) That link is bad and you should feel bad. Those fonts and font color are hideous and you should take that back.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?c...mp;ymd=20160429 Better link.

I don't get this thread, are we calling for firing of Chance the Rapper already? If you expect a 20 game sample size and the big offseason addition of Todd Frazier to have meaningful impact on the attendance, then you're mistaken and do not understand the Sox fan base. If we can stay in the race all year and spend more time in first place, you're going to see a healthy bump in attendance rate by season's end. But to significantly change the culture on Sox fans attending games, it will take several winning season in a row, legitimate superstars, and several other extrinsic factors to make that happen.

Pretty impressively, the inevitable question is how much those numbers would have been better by if we didn't have Danks.

Did anyone catch Beckham yell f***K after getting K'd by Sale?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 08:41 PM) Not a great start to the year down on the farm. It's early, but not a great start is an understatement. K/BB ratio is one of the important stats I pay attention to when looking at the farm (I find it hard to get too excited about a hitter if they have poor discipline), and here's how we are stacking up: Charlotte: 20/82 (worst ratio in the league, highest K in the league, and 1/7 tonight), Opponents: 23/55 Winston Salem: 22/75 (worst ratio in the league, highest K in the league, 1/10 tonight), Opponents: 43/68 Kanny: 23/92 (2nd worst in the league, highest K in the league, 0/15 tonight) Opponents: 27/74 Only saving grace is BHam, who actually leads the league in walks. Engel, Alvarez and Narvaez are three of the most disciplined hitters in the system.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 9, 2016 -> 10:08 PM) Didn't see the game. Though I'll concede Green does get away with a lot. Anyway, I wanted the Warriors to win tonight. The Warriors/Spurs game tomorrow is EXTREMELY interesting now. We know the Warriors want and our going for the record. How much does Pop and company want to deny them and how much do they want to go 41-0 at home? Interesting stuff. I am pretty confident Spurs will take it. Second night of a back to back for Warrios and Spurs have been incredible at home this year. No way they come this far to a perfect season at home and then bend over to their rivals right before the playoffs.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 9, 2016 -> 10:34 PM) We've already seen a handful of balls that Rollins simply doesn't have the range for anymore that Alexei of say, 2013, gets to and at least makes a throw. I really think they need to see what Saladino can do 3 days a week at SS. Give Rollins a day off almost every other day as that not only works Tyler into the lineup so they can get a better handle on how he handles live balls (not spring training or AAA bullets) and it also lets Rollins get plenty of rest. I really think the way to maximize this situation is to give Rollins 90-110 starts and Tyler the rest. If Tyler makes it so you have a hard decision to make come July about who the majority starter is the rest of the way good -- if he fails, and Rollins is what he is (1 WAR type at this point) then you look for help via trade. I will say the left side of the IF so far looks pretty bad defensively. I don't miss Alexei at the plate but I certainly miss his range deep in the hole. He lost quite a bit of range the past few years but he still more often than not at least made it close. Rollins just puts those balls in his back pocket. This isn't a video game, you have to consider the psychological factor it has on players playing just every other day. It doesn't give the incumbent and his replacement any chance to develop any type of rhythm at the plate or on the field. If a player has a bad game, he couldn't get back out there to correct his mistakes. If he had a good game, he certainly cools off with not being able to continue to his success immediately. That's why you rarely see it being implemented in the major league. Let Rollins play out there for a few more weeks. When he proves he couldn't handle a full time role. Move him back to the bench and let him play a game or two at SS a week, pinch hit, and maybe DH for a game as well.

QUOTE (sammy esposito @ Apr 9, 2016 -> 04:59 PM) Right now he is fantastic but am I seeng him wrong he looks a little chubby with great stuff. I like fat ALbers Chubby guys could have good stuff and be great relievers for several years, see Bobby Jenks.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 7, 2016 -> 09:04 AM) So Scott Carroll is the pitcher mirroring Mat Latos at AAA. Isn't it too early for this? Sox have an off day next week.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 12:46 AM) So does pop go for the 1 seed or rest his guys? 1st seed is pretty much out of the picture for Spurs. Warriors would have to lose 1 game to Memphis and lose both to Spurs, then Spurs would have to win out. The only thing Spurs really have to play for is perfect season at home. So I'd assume they rest their guys in the away game and protect their record on the home game. I give it a 60% GSW tie the record. 20% chance to break it, and 20% chance they fall short.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Mar 24, 2016 -> 08:05 PM) Derrick Rose dunked Nasty?

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 21, 2016 -> 09:31 AM) Maybe I'm wrong about Shuck-I dunno. But here's what I got: Lineup (maybe not exactly) Eaton, Rollins, Abreu, Frazier, Cabrera, Garcia, Lawrie, Avila, Jackson Bench Saladino, Navarro, Shuck, Sands Rotation Sale, Quintana, Rodon, Latos, Danks Bullpen Albers, Jennings, Petricka, Putnam, Duke, Jones, Robertson Players that still need to be cut- Aumont, Carroll, Danish, Fulmer, Johnson, Kahnle, Lollis, Purke, Turner H Sanchez, Anderson, Davidson, L Garcia, Ishikawa, Lombardozzi, C Sanchez, Coats, May Ughh, that line up after Eaton and Abreu looks awful when it comes to getting on base. Hope that could bring on an LHH OBP guy who could play the OF, have Avi and Melky rotate DH.

80 wins, though I think they will finish just 3-4 games out from Wild Card spots and about the same for the Division. There just isn't a lot of disparity top to bottom in the AL.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Mar 7, 2016 -> 11:57 AM) So now Rousey didn't try to take Holm down? That's funny because she obviously did try to take her down and she failed. I think she got Holm down once but that didn't last long. One time Holm actually pushed Rousey off of her. She's a world class judo player but judo isn't always the greatest at getting takedowns in MMA, especially against a capable opponent. She did attempt twice IIRC. But for the first 3 minutes or so, she kept trying to stand up with Holm, and didn't attempt a takedown until she got rocked a couple of times. Find me another fight where Rousey did not attempt a takedown that late into the fight.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Mar 7, 2016 -> 10:15 AM) Why would Rousey with her elementary level boxing think she could be Holm at her own game? Rousey finally went up against a fighter who wasn't going to engage Rousey and get thrown like a rag doll. Most of Rousey's opponents were complete tomato cans. Holm even pushed Rousey off of a clinch at one point. All he takedowns were basically throws against clueless fighters. If Tate is able to avoid being taken down the she will pick Rousey apart too. I am of the belief that a great mix martial artist would beat a great boxer anyday. UFC 196 reminded us of that to some extent. If you want to play the what-if scenarios, then if Tate could take Holm down multiple times and submit her on the ground, then Rousey should be able to do the same if she tried to. The question headed into the Rousey/Holm fight was how well could Holm defend the takedown and submissions. The Tate/Holm fight answered that question.

People are putting too much into that Rousey and Holm fight. It's pretty evident that Rousey has tore up the division and she wanted to challenge herself further by beating a world class boxer at her own game. It backfired big time for her. If you watched that fight, you'd see that that wasn't the same Ronda Rousey we saw before. I have no doubt that Rousey would destroy Holm in the first round if she focuses on what she does best the next time they fight.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 6, 2016 -> 12:15 AM) That wasn't his s*** ground game. Dude was wobbled as f*** for a full minute after one punch. He barely knew where he was. He was about to get ktfo'd and had no choice but to go to the groud as a last ditch effort. He was done regardless, wasn't protecting himself at all. I've seen people who been rocked much harder and still managed to pull guard and protect themselves on the ground. Conor has never been tested on the ground and he shown little knowledge of defending down there, it was exposed tonight.

Conor is a hype train. Great striker met who his match, out grappled on the ground by a guy who has much better jiu jitsu. That Holm v Tate fight was also amazing. Miesha is a much better fighter than people give her credit for.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Mar 3, 2016 -> 12:31 PM) If I remember correctly from his days with the Rangers... he is pretty terrible. Hey, so was Hector Noesi.

Latos is no slim dude, but Hawkins made him look at least 2 sizes smaller.

Given the tough competition in the AL. How many wins it takes to win the Central? 86? 88?